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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1940
Page
13
Train timetable items show southbound No. 62 at 10 52 A M and northbound No. 61 at 2 20 P M plus Marquette line times. The page also lists lodge meetings and a long roster of visits, family events, hospital X rays, reunions, and travel between Clare, Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, Mt. Pleasant, Pontiac, Brown City, and other Michigan locales with multiple residents named and dates implied.
Carl Pulcifer leads a weekly study as conductor of Farwell RBD No 2 meeting every Wednesday at 8 p.m. Local members gather for discussion and worship in the ongoing series.
Pastor Mary E. House leads Sunday school at 10:00 with morning worship at 14:00. Evening preaching at 19:00 followed by Young Peoples meeting. Prayer cottage gatherings Wednesdays at 19:30.
James A. Rogers minister leads church service at 10:46 for Sunday School and 12:00 noon worship. Louis Finch superintendent invites all to attend morning service and worship.
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints schedules Sunday services in Clare and Farwell with social and league meetings. Local residents are listed visiting, traveling, weddings, and family updates including moves to Bay City and travels to Detroit.
The Gilmore Church of Christ held its annual Home Coming on Sunday August 18 with several former pastors and out of town guests in attendance. A noon basket dinner followed by special speakers and music. The evening program focused on youth interests.
Circulating programs announce a major Labor Day event with free street attractions and a band lineup for the homecoming next Monday. The community plans a large outdoor program with activities and music, inviting residents and visitors to participate.
The Labor Day Home Coming will include music races and ball games for visitors. In Farwell the pre Labor Day cleanup began last week and widened many alleys significantly.
W Harold Rees resigns as principal and shop teacher at a local school after eleven years. Mrs L R Shear and daughter camp at Silver Lake as the family prepares their move. A milk theft was reported on a doorstep. Lawrence Huntley visits Reed City.
Word reached here of the death of Mrs. J. F. Kelley at her Dallas Texas home on August 2. Kelley, formerly Marie Carpenter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Carpenter, formerly Farwell residents, are named along with relatives Cora Whipps Mra Jack Taylor and Billy of Battle Creek.
A Sunday gathering at the Silver Lake cottage hosted by J. B. Brasington and Ivan Brasington honored Mr. and Mrs. John Graham of Oakland California on their first visit in twenty five years. Numerous Graham relatives from Michigan and nearby towns joined the reunion despite rainy weather.
Birthday joys for Mrs Eliza Rulapaugh as relatives bring baskets. Township clerk Guy Perry records voters with another registration day set for August 31. A penny party at the K of P hall and a special service at the Methodist church honor Auld Lang Syne. World War veteran Dale Rulapaugh and family at Bay City Legion parade. Weather damp and rumor of mad dog add local buzz. Family visits, redecorations, berries and fields affected by rain. Mrs Minnie Frye mourns stepson Frank Frye in Minnesota.
Miss Marie Louise Davison daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Davison Jeddo and Frank Hauk son of Mr and Mrs John Hauk Port Huron wed at Jeddo Methodist Church Saturday with Rev Paul Hart officiating. About 250 guests attended the ceremony and reception at the Graham house Comstock Hills. The couple plan to live in Blaine after a Northern Michigan wedding trip.
Sam Henry, eighty, was seriously injured Monday evening after being struck by a motorcycle on Farwell main street. He suffered a dislocated shoulder broken ribs and possible skull fracture and remains in critical condition at Clare County General Hospital in Clare.
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